A comment on the Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri, Volume 1

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Página 200 ManettiCOin saying Dante was ignorant of Greek must therefore have only meant
that he was not profoundly versed in it, which was no improper form of speech in
so accomplished a hellenistasthat biographer. In fact Dante enriched his ...

Página 236 ManettiCOin sayingDante was ignorant of Greek must therefore have only meant
that he was not profoundly versed in it, which was no imprqpcr form of speech in
so accomplished a hellenistasthat biographer. In fact Dante enriched his tongue
...

Página 251 To understand Homer here is a vulgar error, and to think Dante knew Homer lu Greek is a mistake : yet the first is assertion without a single reason given, and
the second contradicts history, and is built on a false quotation. For firstly, it says
one ...

Página 283 Like cranes cried both Greeks and Trojans; but those exulting in their native
marshes, and these flying from dreary winter which ominous screaming is in
strong opposition to the manly silence of his favourites when marching to hattle O
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Página 401 C»HTO TiI. example, many Englishmen travelling in Greece and finding in a Greek poem TheiSe urteai efiflw ewtju) flfrvt might give their assent to the opinion
of the natives, that the line was a jargon put together in mere wantonness by the ...

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Página 483 - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: that in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore ; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies ; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed ; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

Página 24 - These be they that, as the first and most noble sort may justly be termed vates, so these are waited on in the excellentest languages and best understandings with the foredescribed name of poets. For these, indeed, do merely make to imitate, and imitate both to delight and teach, and delight to move men to take that goodness in hand, which without delight they would fly as from a stranger...

Página 152 - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.